Does shared family background influence the impact of educational differences on early mortality?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 675-683

  Søndergaard, Grethe ^a   Mortensen, Laust H ^b   Nybo Andersen, Anne Marie ^b   Andersen, Per Kragh ^b   Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg ^c   Madsen, Mia ^d   Osler, Merete ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

education; family; health status disparities; mortality; siblings; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY STRUCTURE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BACKGROUND;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SURVIVAL RATE;

DENMARK;

EID: 84867700204     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws230     Document Type: Article

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